On 2/5/06, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > > Hi Sean, > > Thanks for the response. > > What hardware problems are you having? Are you using non-standard > architecture( AMD, etc. ) Did you purchase the PVR-350 direct from the > manufacturer? > > thanks, josh > > > On 2/5/06, sean wrote: > > > > I built a Ubuntu-based MythTV box with a PVR-350. It's still a work in > > progress and most of my bugs are hardware, so I'm not sure how > > "complete" it is. > > > > ahh, the glory of building it yourself. > > > > --sean > > > > Leslie Williams wrote: > > > > > Joshua Zeidner wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Craig, > > >> > > >> Are you a MythTV user? Are there any MythTV users/developers in > > >> the AZ area? > > >> > > >> If you or anyone else have experience with MythTV please reply > > mail. > > >> > > >> Thanks, JMZ > > >> > > > > > > I've been using MythTV for over a year. What did you want to know? > > > > > > -Leslie > > I also be a MythTV User about a year. Started on FC2 and have continually updated it. I've reinstalled it about 7 times using Jared Wilson's howto, and once or twice on Debian. I'm using an HP Evo D510 CMT with a RIVA TNT 2 video card, Hauppauge PVR-250, and onboard intel audio. Problems I've had over this year: Hardware: * Not a big enough hard drive (60 GB w/ a Windows install of 10GB. Therefore, /video/store is only 40GB. It is not a dedicated machine. I use it as my desktop pc too. * Not a fast enough machine for clients. I tested running a client mythfrontend, and it didn't work too well. The Evo is a 1.7GHz P4: Maybe it was my client or 100mbps network, but I hooked up a client pc running Debian, and it would skip frames, and the audio would get choppy. I didn't do much troubleshooting, since I didn't use the client much * Live TV wouldn't work at one point until I disconnected power supply for 30 seconds, then booted. * Difficult to setup 2 audio cards. This was machine specific, not Myth. I had the intel integrated and a SB Live card, and would have to alternate headphone jacks when switching between mplayer-plugin, and mythtv. So I guess operator error. I had edited the .conf file, but still couldn't get it working exactly how I wanted. Software: *Sometimes unable to delete recordings, and Myth will freeze. After a reboot it works fine. I think there may be a memory leak somewhere that may or may not be Myth related. *Hard to get a client pc connected to run mythfrontend, and run locally as well. *Trouble with audio capture on one or two installs. I just reinstalled. Those are some of the bugs that I remember. It may sound like a lot, but in all I think it is a great setup. Some of the bugs may be due to my PC. But it is sweet with the commercial autoskip. I think the best thing to have would be >1TB of storage. Once (if) Apple comes out with intel Mac Mini's, I'll get one to be a frontend in my entertainment center. Right now I just run Myth on the HP in my den. Sorry for the epistle. -Ben